Victoria State Emergency Service

Victoria State Emergency Service

Logo of the State Emergency Service
Abbreviation	VICSES
Founded	1975
Focus	Disaster relief, Search and Rescue, vehicle extrication
Origins	Civil Defence Service
Area served	Victoria, Australia
Employees	150
Volunteers	c. 5,600
Website	www.ses.vic.gov.au

Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) is a volunteer based organisation responding to natural disasters and working to ensure the safety of communities around Victoria, Australia. Each State and territory of Australia has its own independent State Emergency Service (SES), and VICSES is only one of these services spread across Australia. At times of great need or catastrophic disaster, it is common that assistance be sought from other states.

VICSES is the lead agency when responding to floods, storms, tsunami and earthquakes as well as operating the largest network of road rescue units in Australia and one of the largest in the world.

VICSES also provides assistance to other emergency services such as Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria, The Country Fire Authority (CFA) and to municipal councils in planning and auditing their emergency management plans.

There are more than 5600 (43,000 nationwide) committed and dedicated volunteers around the state who provide these services 24 hours a day, seven days a week and every day of the year in Victoria. ^[1]

Regions

• Central Region (Melbourne Metropolitan)
• East Region (Gippsland)
• Mid West Region (Grampians)
• North East Region (Hume)
• North West Region (Loddon Malle)
• South West Region (Barwon South West)

Units

• Alexandra Unit
• Ararat Unit
• Bacchus Marsh Unit
• Bairnsdale Unit
• Ballarat Unit
• Balmoral Unit
• Bannockburn Unit
• Beechworth Unit
• Bellarine Unit
• Benalla Unit
• Bendigo Unit
• Bendoc Unit
• Birchip Unit
• Bright Unit
• Brimbank Unit
• Broadmeadows Unit
• Bruthen Unit
• Buchan Unit
• Camperdown Unit
• Cann River Unit
• Castlemaine Unit
• Central Region Support Unit
• Chelsea Unit
• Chiltern Unit
• Cobden Unit
• Cobram Unit
• Colac Unit
• Corio Unit
• Corryong Unit
• Craigieburn Unit
• Dartmoor Unit
• Dimboola Unit
• Dunkeld Unit
• Dunmunkle Unit (formerly Rupanyup Unit, name changed on 30 June 2014)
• Dunolly Unit
• East Region Support Unit
• Echuca Unit
• Edenhope Unit
• Emerald Unit
• Erica Unit
• Essendon Unit
• Euroa Unit
• Falls Creek Unit
• Footscray Unit
• Foster Unit
• Frankston Unit
• French Island Unit
• Geelong Unit
• Gisborne Unit
• Glen Eira Unit (formerly Oakleigh Unit, name changed on 30 June 2014)
• Goroke Unit
• Greater Dandenong Unit, formerly Springvale Unit, name changed on 30 June 2014)
• Hamilton Unit
• Hastings Unit
• Healesville Unit
• Heathcote Unit
• Hepburn Shire Unit
• Heywood Unit
• Hobsons Bay Unit (formerly Altona Unit, name changed on 30 June 2014)
• Horsham Unit
• Inverloch Unit
• Kaniva Unit
• Kerang Unit
• Kilmore Unit
• Kinglake Unit
• Knox Unit
• Kyabram Unit
• Leongatha Unit
• Lilydale Unit
• Lismore Unit
• Loch Sport Unit
• Lorne Unit
• Maffra Unit
• Mallacoota Unit
• Malvern Unit
• Manningham Unit (formerly Doncaster Unit, name changed on 30 June 2014)
• Mansfield Unit
• Marong Unit
• Maroondah Unit (formerly Croydon Unit, name changed on 30 June 2014)
• Maryborough Unit
• Marysville Unit
• Melton Unit
• Mid West Region Support Unit
• Mildura Unit
• Mitta Mitta Unit
• Moe Unit
• Monash Unit (formerly Waverley Unit, name changed on 30 June 2014)
• Moorabbin Unit
• Mortlake Unit
• Morwell Unit
• Murchison Unit
• Murrayville Unit
• Myrtleford Unit
• Narre Warren Unit
• Nhill Unit
• Nillumbik Unit (formerly Eltham Unit, name changed on 30 June 2014)
• Northcote Unit
• North East Region Support Unit
• Numurkah Unit
• Orbost Unit
• Otway Unit
• Ouyen Unit
• Pakenham Unit
• Phillip Island Unit
• Port Campbell Unit
• Port Fairy Unit
• Port Phillip Unit (formerly St Kilda Unit, name changed on 30 June 2014)
• Portland Unit
• Robinvale Unit
• Rochester Unit
• Rosedale Unit
• Rushworth Unit
• Rutherglen Unit
• Sale Unit
• San Remo Unit
• Seymour Unit
• Sorrento Unit
• South Barwon Unit
• South West Region Support Unit
• St Arnaud Unit
• State Support Unit
• Stawell Unit
• Stratford Unit
• Sunbury Unit
• Swan Hill Unit
• Swifts Creek Unit
• Tallangatta Unit
• Tatura Unit
• Terang Unit
• Torquay Unit
• Upper Yarra Unit
• Wangaratta Unit
• Warracknabeal Unit
• Warragul Unit
• Warrnambool Unit
• Whitehorse Unit (formerly Nunawading Unit, name changed on 30 June 2014)
• Wedderburn Unit
• Whittlesea Unit
• Winchelsea Unit
• Wodonga Unit
• Wonthaggi Unit
• Woodend Unit
• Woomelang Unit
• Wycheproof Unit
• Wyndham Unit
• Wyndham West Unit
• Yackandandah Unit
• Yarram Unit
• Yarrawonga Unit

See also

• Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council

External links

• Victoria SES Facebook page
• Australian Council of State Emergency Services
• Victoria State Emergency Service

1. "Victoria State Emergency Service". Victoria SES.